A lot of major league baseball stars of the day volunteered to fight........Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson were officers and both nearly got killed during mustard gas drills with the sh!tty old gas masks they had. Mathewson got such a load of it that it ruined his health and cut his career and life tragically short.

Cobb returned happy to be alive, meaner than ever and he hit .400 yet again. Tough dudes with cojones of tungsten. In "stardom" perspective that would be like A-rod and Roger Clemens volunteering for military service at the height of their careers. Doubt it would happen.

great thread..............